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    The surname Kos

    A surname, carried by 1,669 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex K200

    Kos: #17,026 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Kos #17,026, 1,669 people Kos: #17,026 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Kos #17,026, 1,669 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kos is more common than 89.5% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,669 people named Kos in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 184,988 Americans. That is up 3.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,621.

    #17,026
    rank among US surnames
    1,669
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3%
    change since 2000 (was #16,360)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,026Kassa1,669184,988
    #17,033Burdge1,668185,099

    Who is named Kos

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    95% of people named Kos identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.3%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Kos

    Kos has the Soundex code K200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K200.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Kos?
    1,669 people in the United States had the surname Kos in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 184,988 Americans. It ranked 17,026th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kos?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Kos identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Kos getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,621 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,669 in 2010, up 3.0%.